Sheet material for covering, lining, or closing constructions of all kinds



SHEET MATERIAL FOR COVERING, LINING, 0R CLOSING VILLHERS CONSTRUCTIONSOF ALL KINDS Flled Sept 30 1924 Patented Get.` 12, 1926.

UNITED EDWARD CECIL VILLIERS, OJE ASCOT, ENGLAND.

SHEET MATERIAL FOR COVERING, IIINING, R CLOSING CONSTRUCTIONS 0F ALI@KINDS.

p Application :tiled September 30, 1924, Serial No. 740,879, and inGreat Britain October 4, 1923.

This invention relates to improvements in sheet material for covering,lining, or closing constructions of all kinds.

Hitherto fabrics for these purposes have either been lacking inflexibility, mechanical strength, endurance, or impenetrability.

The single ligure of the accompanying drawing illustrates a preferredembodiment of the present invention.

According to myl present invention the above-described defects areobviated by making up amaterial which consists of gauze 2 fwovenfrontwisted steel wire strand upon which rubber sheets e and .6 are pressedon iu both sides, making a material which is eX- ceedingly strong,light, flexible and rustproof and exceedingly difficult to tear, or topierce except with a needle oint. The sheet 4 is shown partlyseparatefor clearness.

'Ilie flexibility and strength is obtained by using 'a number of smallwires in each strand and with wire drawn from high tensile steel,

vtensile steel wires twisted together.

the resulting material being exceedingly flexible in all directions,strong, rust-proof, impenetrable, very suitable for naval constructionof all kinds, for splinter screens, bomb proof awnings, leak Stoppers orcollision mats and a material which does not take a permanent kink onbeing bent.

I. claim l 1. An article of the class described comprising a exiblesheet united with a mesh of strands, each strand comprising a pluralityof metal wires twisted together.

2. An article of the class describedcomprising two adherent sheets ofrubber, and a mesh of strands disposed between the sheets and unitedtogether with the sheets, each strand comprising a plurality of high- 40.In witness whereof I have signed this specification.

EDWARD CECIL VILLIERS.

